A First Friday rerun (mostly)

I got the bug over the weekend. Not the blogging bug. That would mean some furious blogging. Just the opposite kind. I was bedridden with some kind of wicked cold. Which is why I’m getting my thoughts on First Friday here on Monday.

(So, what are my observations about First Friday doing in a blog about downtown? I figure Southtown flows so easily into southern downtown, and vice versa, that it’s not a big stretch. There’s really no gap.)

Not a whole lot to report on June’s First Friday. Most of the galleries seemed to be gearing up for the mammoth Contemporary Art Month in July. Most of the artwork on Friday had debuted last month.

Here are some photos to hold you over until CAM 2008.

This is ‘Salvation (The Cross of St. John Hagee)’ by Ray Lynch on display at Armonart Studio. As Lynch says in his statement, this piece looks at the “relationship between salvation and donation” in modern religion.

The area around Tito’s Mexican Restaurant is my favorite of FF. There is a really good mix of restaurants, food booths, arts and crafts vendors, live music, you name it.

The food booths across from B&D Ice House are nice and smoky. And tasty.

The Humble Blues All-Stars perform at the Filling Station, which is kind of like a little La Tuna, on King William and South St. Mary’s. The Filling Station serves beer, pizza and other assorted goodies.